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  • 21Gay icon — A gay icon or LGBT icon is a historical figure, celebrity or public figure who is embraced by many in the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities; the term Dykon , a portmanteau of the words dyke and icon, has recently entered the… …

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  • 22Arthur Conan Doyle — For the professional athlete, see Conan Doyle (rugby player). Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Born Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle 22 May 1859(1859 05 22) Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom …

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  • 23window — windowless, adj. windowy, adj. /win doh/, n. 1. an opening in the wall of a building, the side of a vehicle, etc., for the admission of air or light, or both, commonly fitted with a frame in which are set movable sashes containing panes of glass …

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  • 24Franklin–Nashville Campaign — Map of the Franklin Nashville Campaign   Confederate …

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  • 25light — Synonyms and related words: ASA scale, Anschauung, British candle, Hefner candle, Mickey Mouse, Paphian, Scheiner scale, Very flare, abuse, accented, account, acquaintance, active, aerial, aeriform, aery, agile, airish, airlike, airy, alabaster,… …

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  • 26Edward R. Hills House — Infobox nrhp name = Edward R. Hills House nrhp type = cp caption = location = Oak Park, Cook County, Illinois, USA nearest city = lat degrees = 41 lat minutes = 53 lat seconds = 32 lat direction = N long degrees = 87 long minutes = 48 long… …

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  • 27Turbine — A turbine is a rotary engine that extracts energy from a fluid flow. Claude Burdin (1788 1873) coined the term from the Latin turbo , or vortex, during an 1828 engineering competition. Benoit Fourneyron (1802 1867), a student of Claude Burdin,… …

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  • 28Scramble for Africa — For the book by Thomas Pakenham, see Thomas Pakenham (historian)#The Scramble for Africa. For information on the colonization of Africa prior to the 1880s, including Carthaginian and early European colonization, see Colonization of Africa. The… …

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  • 29Ireland — Irelander, n. /uyeur leuhnd/, n. 1. John, 1838 1918, U.S. Roman Catholic clergyman and social reformer, born in Ireland: archbishop of St. Paul, Minn., 1888 1918. 2. Also called Emerald Isle. Latin, Hibernia. a large western island of the British …

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  • 30interior design — 1. the design and coordination of the decorative elements of the interior of a house, apartment, office, or other structural space, including color schemes, fittings, furnishings, and sometimes architectural features. 2. the art, business, or… …

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